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American Horticultural 

 Therapy Association 

 Conference 



Taking place in Sturbridge just prior 

 to (and on Monday, combining with) 

 the New England Greenhouse Con- 

 ference is the 24th Annual Confer- 

 ence of the American Horticultural 

 Therapy Society, co-sponsored by 

 the New England Chapter of AHTA 

 and New England Floriculture, Inc. 



On Saturday, October 19, par- 

 ticipants will visit regional HT pro- 

 grams and on Sunday, a wide 

 range of topics (therapeutic garden 

 design, horticulture as therapy with 

 children in a mental health agency, 

 HT use in substance abuse treat- 

 ment, etc.) will be presented. On 

 Monday, there will be topics — hir- 

 ing the disabled, designing for 

 public accessibility, therapeutic 

 landscapes — of interest to partici- 

 pants in both conferences. 



New England Green- 

 house Conference 



Although most readers have by now 

 received announcements and pro- 

 gram schedules of the 1996 New En- 

 gland Greenhouse Conference in 

 Sturbridge on October 21-23, it's 

 good to be reminded of the value 

 of attending. Speakers during the 

 three-day conference include )ohn 

 Irwin (the Internet and also about 

 growing New Guinea impatiens); Art 

 Cameron (forcing perennials in 

 pots); Chris Kraft (motivational and 

 employee-related topics); Adrian 

 Bloom from Blooms of Bres-singham 

 is keynote speaker at the banquet. 



Local speakers well-known to our 

 readers include Henry Huntington 

 (Proven Winners), Peter van Berkum 

 (perennials), David Brock (the Inter- 

 net) and Peter Konjoian (Computers 

 for Signage) 



All this and more makes atten- 



dance worthwhile. 



It was reported in the last issue of 

 The Plantsman that the New England 

 Greenhouse Conference has been in- 

 corporated as New England Floricul- 

 ture, Inc More news is that the 1998 

 conference will probably be held in 

 Worcester. A convention center is be- 

 ing added to the Centrum. Described 

 as "a beautiful facility in a revitalized 

 section of the city, with plenty of ho- 

 tel space within walking distance, lots 

 of good restaurants, and best of all, a 

 lot more space for our convention and 

 trade show," the change, although 

 Sturbridge has always been fine, 

 sounds positive and exciting 



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